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LCI students use robots to learn math

Students pictured in top row are Samuel Palmer, Christine Qi, Briley Martin, David Tippins and Amy Boaz. Students on the bottom row are Parker Watkins, Avery Odom, Sofia Harrison and Allee Palmer.

Students in Brenda Jones’ fourth grade math class built a Lego Mindstorms robot. It took them approximately five weeks, working on it in 30 minute intervals per day to complete the Tracker. When it was finished, they shared with the rest of their class how they can use a remote to control their programmable robot. In the future, they will be working on finding a way to program their robot to interact with them in various ways. The students commented that they learned how to work together, trouble shoot and problem solve.